Restaurant reservations Part 3: Confirming the reservation details, including date, time, and number of guests.

🇹🇼 [你好] is understandable, but in Taiwan on the phone with a restaurant, many people go straight to [喂，你好] or just start with their request politely, like [我想確認一下訂位]

💬 [我想] often softens what you say, not just literal "I want." You can reuse it to sound polite in service situations: [我想改時間] "I'd like to change the time," [我想取消訂位] "I'd like to cancel the reservation."

💬 Adding [一下] makes a request or action sound lighter and more casual, like "just" or "for a moment." You can swap in other verbs the same way: [看一下], [查一下], [等一下]

💬 In Taiwan, [訂位] is the common word for reserving a table at a restaurant. You'll also hear it as a verb: [我要訂位] means "I'd like to make a reservation."

🇹🇼 [好的] is a very normal polite service response in Taiwan, especially from staff. It sounds a bit warmer and smoother than just [好].

🇹🇼 [請問] is a very common softener before questions to strangers, staff, or customers. It helps even direct questions sound polite, especially on the phone.